id - Derived from the "serial" variable of each dataset used. Ranges from 1 to 33122368991.

monarchism - Derived from a variable called "monarchy" in the 1983-1996 and 1998-2008 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "monarcha" in the 1997 BES Campaign Panel, and "Monarchy" in the 2011-2024 British Social Attitudes Surveys. Recoded to span from 0 (The monarchy should be abolished) to 1 (Very important), with higher values denoting higher importance of keeping the monarchy. Missing values coded as NA's.

abolition - Derived from the "monarchism" variable. It takes on a value of 1 when a respondent indicated "The monarchy should be abolished", and 0 otherwise. Missing values coded as NA's.

age - A respondent's age, in years. Ranges from 17-98. No missing values.

period - The year of the survey. Ranges from 1983-2024. This variable also indicates which British Social Attitudes Survey the data point came from, except for 1997, in which responses from that year come from the 1997 British Election Study Campaign Panel. No missing values.

cohort - Derived from subtracting the "age" variable from the "period" variable. Ranges from 1892-2004.

country - A categorical variable denoting country the respondent lives in. Can take on the values of "England", "Wales", and "Scotland".

weight - The survey weight used in the dataset. Derived from a variable called "wtfactor" in the 1983-1996 and 1998-2008 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "wtala" in the 1997 BES Campaign panel, "WtFactor" in the 2011-2018 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "BSA21_final_wt" in the 2021 British Social Attitudes Survey, "BSA22_final_wt" in the 2022 British Social Attitudes Survey, "BSA23_final_wt" in the 2023 British Social Attitudes Survey, and "BSA24_final_wt" in the 2024 British Social Attitudes Survey. Ranges from 0.04953-1145232.

nhsapproval - Satisfaction with the NHS. Derived from the variables "nhssat" in the 1983-1996 and 1998-2008 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "nhssata" in the 1997 BES Campaign Panel, and "NHSSat" in the 2011-2024 British Social Attitudes Surveys. Recoded from original datasets to span from 0 (Very Dissatisfied) to 1 (Very satisfied). Missing values coded as NA's.

trustgov - Trust in the government to put the nation above interests of party. Derived from the variables "govtrust" in the 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000-2007 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "govtrusa" in the 1997 British Election Study Campaign Panel, and "GovTrust" in the 2011, 2012, 2017, 2023, and 2024 British Social Attitudes Surveys. Note: it is not present in all derived datasets. Recoded from the original datasets to span from 0 (Almost never) to 1 (Just about always). Missing values coded as NA's.

trustmps - Trust in politicians of any party to tell the truth when they are in a tight corner. Derived from the variables "mpstrust" in the 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2000-2007 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "mpstrusa" in the 1997 British Election Study Campaign Panel, and "MPsTrust" in the 2011, 2012, 2023, and 2024 British Social Attitudes Surveys. Note: it is not present in all derived datasets. Recoded from the original datasets to span from 0 (Almost never) to 1 (Just about always). Missing values coded as NA's.

lr - Left-right values. Derived from the "leftrigh" variable in thew 1995-1996, 1998-2022, and 2024 British Social Attitudes Surveys, and "lftrigha" in the 1997 British Election Study Campaign Panel. Note: it is not present in all derived datasets. Recoded from the original datasets to span from 0 (Left) to 1 (Right). Missing values are coded as NA's.

al - Libertarian-authoritarian values. Derived from the "libauth" variable in the 1995-1996 and 2000-2022 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "libautha" in the 1997 British Election Study Campaign Panel, "libauth2" in the 1998-1999 British Social Attitudes Surveys, and "Libauth" in the 2024 British Social Attitudes Survey. Note: it is not present in all derived datasets. Recoded from the original dataets to span from 0 (Libertarian) to 1 (Authoritarian). Missing values are coded as NA's.

education - Education. Derives from the variable "hedqual" in the 1983-1996 and 1998-2008 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "hedquala" in the 1997 British Election Study Campaign Panel "HEdQual" in the 2011-2018 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "hedqual2" in the 2021 British Social Attitudes Survey, and "HEdQual2" in the 2022-2024 British Social Attitudes Surveys. It is recoded from the original datasets to span from 0 (No qualification) to 1 (Degree).

class - Social class derived from occupation. Derives from the variable "rrgclass" in the 1983-1996 and 1998-2000 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "rrgclasa" in the 1997 British Election Study Campaign Panel, "rnsoccl" in the 2002-2008 and 2018 British Social Attitudes Surveys, "RNSocCl" in the 2011-2017 British Social Attitudes Surveys, and "RClassGP" in the 2021-2024 British Social Attitudes Surveys. From 1983-2018, the values were recoded to span from 0 (V/Unskilled Occupations) to 1 (I/Professional Occupations). From 2021-2024, it was recoded to span from 0 (Semi-routine and routine occupations) to 1 (Managerial and professional occupations).

female - Gender. =1 if female, 0 if male (or, in later surveys, identifying as another non-female gender).

agegroup - Derived from the "age" variable. Includes groups of 17 (17-19), 20-24 (20), 25-29 (25), 30-34 (30), 35-39 (35), 40-44 (40), 45-49 (45), 50-54 (50), 55-59 (55), 60-64 (60), 65-69 (65), 70-74 (70), 75-79 (75), 80-84 (80), 85-89 (85), 90+ (90). No missing values.

periodgroup - Derived from the "period" variable. Includes groups of 1983-1986 (1982), 1987-1991 (1987), 1992-1996 (1992), 1997-2001 (1997), 2002-2006 (2002), 2007-2011 (2007), 2012-2016 (2012), 2017-2021 (2017), 2022-2024 (2022). No missing values.